Originally posted by MarkJerling I know you posted in English but I have not the foggiest idea what you're on about. It may as well have been Swahili.
That's the problem with the current rule. No one knows how to interpret it. All came about because of high definition super slow motion instant replay. It just used to be up to the referees to make the call as best they could . Not it is can become an arduous multiple angle review process that takes a lot of time but does allow the network to show lots of commercials.
Just another reason the game is losing fans. Watching a game in person is tedious and watching it on TV leaves you a lot of extra time to accomplish other things. An American football game has somewhere between 12 and 15 minutes of actual activity spread out over the course of 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
About the only time that the game is interesting is during the last few minutes of a close game. Other than that it's like watching two soccer teams play for a 0-0 tie.